Motto | Bepכwso Kurow Hyeren |
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Motto in English | A city set on a hill shines forth |
Established | 1948 |
Affiliation | University of Education Winneba, Government of Ghana |
Principal | Kwesi Nkum Wilson |
Location | Komenda , , CK1838 , 5°02′47″N1°30′19″W / 5.04632°N 1.50526°W |
Language | English |
Region Zone | Central Central / Western |
Short name | Komenco |
Website | www |
Source: An Atlas of The Forty Colleges of Education in Ghana. [1] |
Komenda College of Education is a co-educational teacher education college in Komenda, Central Region (Ghana). [1] It is one of 46 public colleges of education in Ghana and participated in the DFID-funded Transforming Teacher Education and Learning Ghana (T-TEL) programme. [2] In 2017, Komenda CoE implemented a project to go paperless. [3] The Principal is Rev. Dr. Kwesi Nkum Wilson.
Komenda College was established in 1948, [4] on a site which had been used by the British Navy during World War II. [5]
Komenda College of Education started out of the buildings(Barracks) left by the Fleet Air Arm of the British Navy after the World War II. [6] Through the efforts of Mr. A.B. Sam, regent of Komenda, the legacy was leased to the Methodist Church Ghana, in 1947 to be used as a training college. The government made some renovation works on the buildings to make it suitable for educational use. On March 11, 1948, the first batch of students numbering forty men was enrolled to start an initial 2-year Teacher's Cert ‘B’ programme. In 1952, the college became a co-educational institution with its first batch of thirty women. The first principal of the college was Mr. Lawrence Alfred Creedy, a British citizen. [6] The motto of the college is “Bepכwso Kurow Hyer3n”, meaning a city set on a hill, shines forth. The adopted strands by the founding father were; Academic excellence, Service to God and Service to mankind. Messrs R.C. Mensah, C.K. Penrose, Wonderful Dadson, K.A. Essuman and J.C.O. Okyere were among the pioneer tutors of the college. [7]
The college has gone through the following academic programmes:
In June 2021, the college launched a project called ‘One Student, One Tree’ as part of the Green Ghana Initiative which sought to introduce students to plant, maintain and ensure environmental cleanliness. [9]
In November 2022, the college were the winners of the Southern Zone of the National Insurance Debate for tertiary schools in Ghana. [10]
Name | Years served |
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Mr. L.A. Creedy | 1948 -1962 |
R.R. Okyne | 1962-1971 |
Rev. C.K. Assiaw-Dufu | 1972-1978 |
Mr. J.A. Walker | 1978-1980 |
Mr. Robert Mensah | 1981-1986 |
Mr. Robert Mensah | 1981-1986 |
Mr. Robert Mensah | 1981-1986 |
Mr. Kismet Sagoe (Ag) | 1992-1993 |
Mrs. Rose Newman | 1993-1998 |
Mr. J.K. Sekum (Ag) | 1998-2000 |
Mr. J.K. Dadzie | 2000-2006 |
Ms. Gladys Annan Noonoo | 2007- |
Rev. Dr. Kwesi Nkum Wilson [12] | 2023- |
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